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| What are the best GaN Amplifiers available today? @blisshifi How does the Cambridge Audio Edge M compare to your other amps. Is it a warm sound or more neutral? I am looking for a neutral sounding amp and monos would be great since I have my fav speaker cable gathering dust (very short length). I... | |
| Balanced/Differential tube preamplifier recommendation? I have had a few preamps that are within your price range (new or used): Topping pre90 (a PIA to use and does not work well GAIN wise with a lot of amps) Benchmark LA4 (no euphoric sound with this one) Holo Serene (like the LA4 but a touch wa... | |
| Sonore OpticalRendu I have the top end power supply and cable from Sonore for the OpticalRendu. Not worth it compared to the standard power supply they sell. My system is uber revealing, especially with my RAAL SR1a phones and I could not tell a difference. I had 3 o... | |
| What are the best GaN Amplifiers available today? Mola Mola Class D is ancient in Class D terms. | |
| Class A integrated amp recommendations The first 90 watts on the KRELL k-300i are Class A. It goes to 150 watts at 8. It is powerful and sounds wonderful. There is one listed on A’Gon. I once owned this integrated and since it was so good, I upgraded to the KRELL Duo 175XD amp. Separa... | |
| What are the best GaN Amplifiers available today? If we're talking THE BEST, regardless of price...Aavik and T+A. @mbmi What is the sound of these 2 that make it the best. I only know the T+A HV amps (and stack). Slightly warm sound but my ears like my CODA #16 more. I would assume the T+A Cla... | |
| seeking advise please on my short list for new speakers? (15k budget) If you are in Toronto and your budget is $USD15K then I would recommend demoing the Yamaha NS5000 at Kennedy HiFi.. You room maybe too small for these "bookshelf" speakers, but you did say your room opens up. I have these in a room that is 20 x (... | |
| Affordable GaN FET amp from Peachtree Audio @toro3 Funny you should ask about the GAN1 and oR. I was thinking of selling the GAN1 since I was not using it on either of my 2 systems even though it is my second best ’amp’. A lightbulb went off and I realized I should use the GAN1 for it’s ori... | |
| dacs that I have had in my system - a listing In the past 3 years I also did a mini-me version of @jjss49 DAC testing (at home for long period) with the following DACs: Benchmark DAC3B Musetec 005 Gustard X26 Pro Audio Mirror Tubador 3 SE Lumin X1 Schitt Yggi+ Less is More Matrix Aud... | |
| Has anyone lost a KEF tweeter? One way to solve this if you do not want to do it yourself is to contact a good audio shop in your area and see if they have a tech who can come over to your place. When I had my adventures with the Thiel CS3.7, which also had a busted tweeter/mi... | |
| Ultra Rendu I just bought a used OpticalRendu. I had 3 before sold 2 and just got one more yesterday. The Fibre Optical just before the DAC (or better yet into the DAC) sounds better to me. I would assume that the UltraRendu would also be lower in the hierarc... | |
| Streaming Headphone Amp https://www.headphonesty.com/2021/12/review-matrix-mini-i-pro-3/ I think they just release version 4. I owned this for a while and with a warmer headphone, I think it would be an excellent choice. I used it with a Meze Empy. My friend uses it wit... | |
| What are the best GaN Amplifiers available today? OK Ric, I will send you the GAN400. I paid $1200 for it. I had a modded Voyager 350 GAN before. It was much better than stock and did not have the hardness on top. It did as stock. The deficiency with the 350 GAN was the lack of real grunt on the... | |
| What are the best GaN Amplifiers available today? I never said I was going for a comparison by price. Though price is really BS in audio these days. I just laugh at some of the prices. My comparison is of one of the best GAN amps I have owned vs one of the best Class A + AB amp I have owned. For ... | |
| What are the best GaN Amplifiers available today? Someone previously posted that most comments on GAN were not using higher end non-GAN amps as comparison. This morning I took the Peachtree GAN400 down to the much larger Livingroom where I have the amazing Yamaha NS5000 speakers. Here is what I ... |